Senior Art Director - Leeds

When strolling through the city, do you ever stop in front of OOH ads thinking: “I would crop that image differently.”? Are you a passionate creative with a love for food? And do you want to grow your skills in an agency that fosters an entrepreneurial spirit and is part of a mature global organisation? Then come join us at Arla Foods’ digital in-house agency, The Barn.

So, what’s The Barn?

Arla's in-house agency, The Barn, helps strengthen Arla’s global and local brands. We have a full creative team specialised in concept development and execution including production teams, project managers, account managers, data and strategy specialists to help us create impactful consumer experiences. And now we are very excited to expand our agency offering to support our brands in the world of shopper marketing based out of our The Barn office in Leeds.

Does this sound like you?

As the senior art director for shopper, you live and breathe creativity. You’re used to working with creative briefs, concept processes and you can’t help coming up with ideas. You think outside the box and you’re able to define concepts on all levels – brand to product. Part of your DNA is to enjoy the creative crafting process for both digital and printed touchpoints that will inspire and grab the attention of consumers. You’re into executions and detailing and you stay up to date with culture, advertising, and trends. You have an open mind and you’re not afraid to collaborate and speak your mind. 

You in a nutshell:

• Proven experience in a similar role : You’ve previously worked at a creative shopper agency or creative department.
• Leading creative development: You’re equally a motivator and a problem solver with solid experience in owning creative projects.
• Understanding brand and category strategies: ability to infuse objectives in the creative idea.
• Building creative presentations: craft and experience in argumentation and make your ideas be understood through visuals and copy.   
• Knowledge of the shopper sphere : understanding of the shopper touchpoints and how campaigns unfold impactfully across touchpoints. 
• Collaboration & communication: work with the creative artworker and account manager in clarifying content requirements and ensuring optimal solutions for projects.
• Unparalleled skills in Adobe Creative Suite : You know Photoshop, InDesign, and illustrator by heart and have good working knowledge of Adobe Acrobat and interactive pdf production. If you know your way around Premiere and AfterEffects too, that’s a bonus!
• A good knowledge of print processes: Expert knowledge and understanding of typography, space and layout and be able to create print and digital ready artwork.
• Interest in food : cooking and the nuances of culinary experiences makes you happy.

Here’s your new role

You’ll have a central role in the development of the shopper creative team, where you’ll take lead on crafting creative concepts from brief and concept to execution and production – keeping your eyes on the ball throughout the creative process. Our clients include global Arla brands such as Lurpak, Castello and Arla Protein, but also highly strategic UK brands like Anchor Butter, and Arla Cravendale.

As part of working in our agency, you’ll be:

• Transforming strategic planning into sharp concepts, campaigns and ideas.
• Be part of driving client presentations and building argumentations for each creative idea.
• Taking lead on creative consistency on brands and striving for the most intriguing creative solution.
• Leading creative workshops to develop new ideas and concepts with the team.
• Following creative direction from the creative studio manager, and developing brand campaigns, product campaigns, and activation ideas for shopper.
• Supporting creatives within the team and collaborating with colleagues to deliver campaigns of the highest quality for all touchpoints.
• Sharing your worldview, your learnings, and observations, and taking part in a creative team and culture.
• Taking ownership and using your entrepreneurial mindset to make things work in an emerging department.

And here’s what’s in it for you

The opportunity to join a different kind of network agency with full in-house capabilities spanning across 9 locations covering everything from media buying/planning, tech/development, creative, strategy, and on-site production studio.

We believe in holistic campaign solutions that cover all touchpoints and deliver on single-minded objectives.

We’re fiercely ambitious and evaluate our work both on creative quality, performance, and saliency. But, unlike most agencies, we also offer healthy and sustainable work/life balance and truly flexible working. And not least, you’ll work with a bunch of pretty nice and creative go-doers.

Application

If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been waiting for, we’d love to hear from you! We process applications continuously and close the job opening once the right candidate has been found.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Olivia Pine, Talent Acquisition Partner at Arla Foods. The closing date for this position is the 11th of November. Only CVs sent in via this link will be considered.

Please note we are not partnered with any recruitment agencies for this role. We kindly ask that recruitment agencies do not submit speculative CVs on behalf of candidates, as these CVs will not be considered under the agency ownership and will be accepted as a gift. We encourage interested individuals to apply directly through our official channels.

We have a purpose for Good

At Arla, we strive to unlock the highest potential in each other while working together to create a sustainable future of dairy. We call it Stronger People Stronger Planet and it is deeply anchored in our organisation and founded on our commitment to respecting human rights, increasing access to healthy dairy nutrition, inspiring good food habits, and improving the environment for future generations. In order to succeed we need to hire people with a sustainable mindset. Could this be you?